Our local makerspace, Fubar Labs, received a ShapeOko kit as part of the initiative to equip makerspaces with CNC mill. I’ve never built anything like this before and was quite intimidated to be honest with you. Everyone knows so much more than me. What if I end up superfluous or what if I totally screw up. […]
The Tesseract Experience
When art and engineering meet, beautiful things happen. One child of such a marriage is The Tesseract Experience. It’s creators describe it as “the world’s first and largest interactive fire cube. A public artwork, commanding one of the most elemental human tools – fire – using computer technologies that demonstrate milestones in creativity and innovation.”
Turn Plastic Bottles into Rope
During the Nation of Makers the question was asked “how do we get makers to focus on more diverse problems?” Maybe the answer is just find more makers who have more diverse problems. For example, here is a lawyer in Russia who is an outdoorsman and a maker who has made a way to turn […]
OK, Go Behind the scenes of The Writing’s On The Wall
Can we just make it official?! OK, Go IS the official band of the Maker Movement. How do we vote on this? Since 2006 with their “Here It Goes Again” hit video they have grown right along side the maker Movement and continue to create feel good, artistic videos that inspire and innovate. OK, Go has innovated […]
Raspberry-Pi & ScratchGPIO
Raspberry Pi + Scratch + Scratch GPIO = Fantastic! Had fun in the workshop with Raspberry PI and how easy Scratch GPIO makes it to control external hardware. I need to dive deeper into this.
Arduino Project Handbook
Full Color. Exciting. 188 pages filled with 45 projects plus more for makers of all skill levels. Soldering Sunday is proud to be distributing the Arduino Project Handbook written and published by Mark Geddes. This book is perfect for groups, schools, libraries, makerspaces, families and individual makers alike. Mark wrote this book because, in his words: […]